Holder for telephone-receivers.



No. 668,472. Patented Feb. 19, won. H m YORK HOLDER FOR TELEPHONE RECEIVERS.

(Application filed Apr. 30, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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HORACE M. YORK, OF KENNEBUNK, MAINE.

HOLDER FOR TELEPHONE-RECEIVERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 668,472, dated February 19, 190i.

Application filed April 30, 1900. Serial No. 14,950 (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HORACE MITCHELL YORK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Kennebunk, county of York, and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Te1ephone-Receivers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part there of, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to an improved holder for telephone-receivers; and the object thereof is to provide a device of this character which is adapted to hold the receiver in any desired position contiguous to the ear of a person receiving a message without the necessity of holding the receiver in the hands, whereby a person taking telephone-messages can have the use of both hands'for the purpose of writing down the said messages.

The device is applicable for attachment either to the telephone-transmitter or to a wall near the telephone. It is adaptable for adjustment to various positions relative to the transmitter, and it is durable, inexpensive, and effective in operation.

The invention will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically set forth in the anneXed claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved holder, showing the same connected to a telephone-transmitter and supporting a receiver; and Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the device connected to a wall.

In the practice of my invention I employ, primarily, an arched hanger A, which fits over the stem 1 of the telephone-transmitter and is secured in place by means of the thumbscrew B, which is threaded through the side walla of the said hanger. Swiveled to the hanger A through-the upper wall (1' thereof is a swinging rod 0, which embodies the uprights 0, the horizontal extension 0, and the platform 0 J ournaled through theplatform c is a spindle D, which has a block 61 secured to its 11 pper end. This block rests upon the platform 0 and carries a resilient sheet-metal clamp E, which is adapted to clamp and retain a telephone-receiver, as 2, Fig. 1 of the drawings. The clamp E may be turned to any desired angle upon a horizontal plane, and as a means for maintaining the same in position required the spindle D is provided at its lower end with a threaded portion d, which engages a thumbnut F, which bears against the lower surface of the platform 0 of the rod 0.

Located at the bottom of the side wall 0: of the hanger A are projecting guides or lugs a which engage an upwardly-extended projection 9 of a rod G, which is adapted to be secured to the wall, as 3, by means of screws 4, which pass through the downwardly-extended plate g of the rod G. This rod comprises two sections G and G which are connected by means of the knife-joint 9 whereby by reversing the position of the rod G relative to the hanger C the section Gr may be maintained in upright position for the purpose of attaching the plate g to the upper surface of a desk, shelf, or other horizontal projection, as illustrated by dotted lines, Fig. 2, of the drawings.

I do not confine myself to the specific details of mechanical construction as herein shown and described, as it is obvious that under the scope of my invention I am entitled to'structural variations. For instance, the clamp E may be connected to the rod 0 by means of a ball-and-socket or other universal joint, if desired.

The operations and use of the device are obvious. It is connected in the vicinity of the t'elephone-transmitter in such relative position that the receiver may be placed in the clamp E and carried to the desired position near the earof the person using the telephone, and the swinging rod 0 admits of readily placing the device out of the way when it is not in use.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a holder for telephone-receivers, the combination of the hanger A, and means for supporting the same substantially as described, with the rod 0, supported at one end by said hanger, and bent as specified, the

platform 0 on the other end of said rod, the

spindle D, passing through said platform, the nut F, engaging a screw on said spindle the rod, the spindle D, passing through said platform, the nut F, engaging a screw on said spindle, the block d, on said spindle and the resilientclamp E, surmounting the said block, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a holder for telephone-receivers, the combinationwith the hanger A, the screw 13, working in the side wall thereof, the bar G, bent at both ends as specified, and composed of two sections G and G the knife-joint g connecting said sections, means of support for the end g, of said bar as described, lugs a on said hanger A, embracing the sides of the end g, of said bar, while said end g, is fastened to the hanger A, by said screw B; of the platform 0 the rod 0, connecting the said hanger A, and said platform, the block (1, surmounting said platform, the screw D, integral with said block d, and passing downward through said platform, the nut F,working upon said screw, and the resilient clamp E, resting upon and surmounting the block d, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses,-t-his 23d day of April, A. D. 1900.

HORACE M. YORK.

Witnesses:

FRANK W. BOUSER, FRED G. YORK. 

